UPDATE: Silver Lake students seriously injured in crash with bus

Serious injuries are reported in a head-on crash between a car and a school bus on Lake Street.

By Staff reports

The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA

By Staff reports

Posted Mar. 30, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 30, 2012 at 8:21 PM

By Staff reports

Posted Mar. 30, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 30, 2012 at 8:21 PM

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A car with four Silver Lake Regional High School juniors in it slammed head-on into a school bus Friday morning, leaving at least two of the students with life-threatening injuries. There were no passengers on the bus.

Two of the students were flown by helicopter to Boston Medical Center while one was driven by ambulance to South Shore Hospital for ground transport to Boston, two of them with life-threatening injuries, and one was transported to South Shore Hospital Level 11, Trauma Unit Kingston police Chief Joseph Rebello and fire officials said. The bus driver was taken to Jordan Hospital in Plymouth.

Rebello said the driver of the car, a girl, was the only person conscious in the red BMW 3 Series sedan when rescue workers reached it. The other three students, two girls and a boy, were unconscious.

Of the four juniors, two girls were in more serious condition, according to Silver Lake High School Principal Richard Kelley. The boy and a girl were in less serious condition. The bus driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The decision has since been made to hold the Junior Prom as scheduled tonight at Lombardo’s, in Randolph.

"After much discussion with community and student stakeholders it has been decided to hold the Junior Prom as scheduled," he said."We feel that it is important for our student body to be together in a safe environment during this difficult time. I am proud to say that the senior class has extended an invitation to any student who purchased a ticket for tonight's prom, but is too distraught to attend, to attend the senior prom on May 18."

The accident happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. at Chipman Way and Lake Street near Silver Lake Regional High School. A photo taken from a WCVB-TV Channel 5 helicopter shows the car veered over into the opposite lane of traffic and hit the bus.

An accident reconstruction team is at the scene of the accident, which is about half way between Chipman Way and the high school.

Check back here for further details as they develop. Video courtesy of our media partner WCVB TV.